I'm going to say that Skeletor was the ugliest man in sports. He also goes by the name of Otis Nixon Of course, among active players, Randy Johnson would probably win hands down. But just grabbing a bunch of players listed as "Ugliest" in Bill James New Historical Baseball Abstract, here are some others in baseball history: Ewell Blackwell, Don Mossi (Whoa Nelly! Those are some ears!), Bill Skowron and George Foster.

Oof-- good call on Zane "Aermican Gothic Mudflap" Smith. Are we giving Sam Cassell a special dispensation because he might be an alien? If anyone remembers those Reebok ads, he and his mom certainly win ugliest mother-son duo.

I also went looking for a Zane Smith foto, but only found that one and something from his university's hall of fame. Back about 1989-90 I was sports editor at my university and there was a picture of Zane Smith and another contemporary pitcher (who was it???) over the sports desk with the caption, "Are you a Hatfield or a McCoy?" If anyone knows Jim Barrero at the L.A. Times, I think he pasted up the picture. Smith looked like the worst kind of inbred hillbilly.

Happy 1000th thread SpoFi! Yeah, what a proud moment this must be for the founders, as their legion of intrepid keyboard athletes tackle the sports stories that slip through the cracks of mainstream media. A symbolic thread, to be sure...